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Simon Property Group (Simon Property Group) Graham Number

: $34.71 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-18), the stock price of Simon Property Group is $140.94. Simon Property Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $34.71. Therefore, Simon Property Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 4.06.

The historical rank and industry rank for Simon Property Group's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

SPG' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.04   Med: 4.23   Max: 4.79
Current: 4.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Simon Property Group was 4.79. The lowest was 3.04. And the median was 4.23.

SPG's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
98.12% of 585 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs SPG: 4.07

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Simon Property Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Simon Property Group's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Simon Property Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 35.45 28.06 36.34 36.49 34.62

Simon Property Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 36.48 35.77 34.29 34.12 34.71

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Simon Property Group's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Simon Property Group Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Simon Property Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Simon Property Group's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Simon Property Group Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Simon Property Group's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*9.06*5.88)
=34.62

Simon Property Group's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*9.06*5.91)
=34.71

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Simon Property Group  (NYSE:SPG) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Simon Property Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=140.94/34.71
=4.06

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Simon Property Group (Simon Property Group) Business Description

Address
225 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 46204
Simon Property Group is the second-largest real estate investment trust in the United States. Its portfolio includes an interest in 231 properties: 136 traditional malls, 70 premium outlets, 14 Mills centers (a combination of a traditional mall, outlet center, and big-box retailers), 6 lifestyle centers, and 5 other retail properties. Simon's portfolio averaged $693 in sales per square foot over the 12 months prior to the pandemic. The company also owns a 21% interest in Klepierre, a European retail company with investments in shopping centers in 16 countries, and joint venture interests in 33 premium outlets across 11 countries.
Executives
Larry C Glasscock director SYSCO CORPORATION, 1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77077
Randall J Lewis director WELLPOINT, INC, 120 MONUMENT CIRCLE, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204
Allan B Hubbard director ANTHEM INC., 120 MONUMENT CIRCLE, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204
Glyn Aeppel director 6 WHIPPOORWILL LANE, WESTPORT CT 06880
Gary M Rodkin director 700 ANDERSON HILL RD, PURCHASE NJ 10577
Reuben S Leibowitz director 466 LEXINGTON AVENUE 10TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10017
Marta R Stewart director C/O NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP, THREE COMMERCIAL PL, NORFOLK VA 23510-9219
Daniel C. Smith director 3000 GODFREY GRADUATE AND EXECUTIVE CTR., 1275 EAST TENTH STREET, BLOOMINGTON IN 47405-1703
Stefan M Selig director 2 EAST 70TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10021
Peggy Fang Roe director 100 COMMERCE LANE, APT. 1401, BETHESDA MD 20814
Karen N Horn director
Smith J Albert Jr director 111 MONUMENT CIRCLE, IN1-0175, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204
Matthew A Jackson officer: SVP, Assistant Treasurer 225 W. WASHINGTON ST., INDIANAPOLIS IN 46256
Kevin M Kelly officer: Asst. General Counsel/Sec. 225 W. WASHINGTON ST., INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204
Donald G Frey officer: EVP, Treasurer 225 W. WASHINGTON ST., INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204

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